“The Friends in Stitches Quilt Club’s Two-Day Quilt Show”. Members will display many unique and creative quilts for guests to enjoy! The display will be in the Monroe County History Museum’s Allscheid-Metzger Gallery located at[...]

“The Friends in Stitches Quilt Club Two Day Quilt Show”. Members will display many unique and creative quilts for guests to enjoy! The display will be in the Monroe County History Museum’s Allscheid-Metzger Gallery located[...]

“It Was a Crime to be a German” by Barbara Kay. Historical actor Barbara Kay will portray her great-grandmother, Margaret May, a resident of southern Illinois who saw and felt anti-German hysteria a century ago. [...]

“Darmstadt to Gold Fields”: One German’s Epic Success in America” by Gerald Perschbacher”. In 1833 Johannes, age 10, of Hessen-Darmstadt, was filled with high hopes when he arrived with his parents in America. Months later,[...]

“Butch’s Polka Kings” will be entertaining our visitors. Dancing will be encouraged!! Festivities will be held in the Monroe County History Museum’s Allscheid-Metzger Gallery located at 724 Elaine Drive, Waterloo, IL 62298.